I'm a color reporter
(Rose City on the 409)
But the city's been bled white
(White city on the yellow line)
And the doctor orders
(Drinking to distraction's just a waste of time)
Drinks all night to take away this curse
But it makes me feel much worse
Bled white
So I wait for the F-Train
(White city on the yellow line)
And connect through a friend of mine
(White city to a friend of mine)
To a yesterdaydream
(Yesterday a dream was just a waste of time)
'Cos I'd have to be high to drag the sunset down
And paint this paling town
Bled white
So here he comes with a blank expression
'Specially for me, 'cos he knows I feel the same
'Cos happy and sad come in quick succession
I'm never going to become what you became
Don't you dare disturb me
(Don't complicate my peace of mind)
While I'm balancing my past
(Don't complicate my peace of mind)
'Cos you can't help or hurt me
(The anger, being mean was just a waste of time)
Like it already has, I may not seem quite right
But I'm not fucked, not quite
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Review about Bled White r.i.p. elliott smith | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/21/09
it would be too stereotypical for elliott smith to have written a song seemingly about people changing while it is really about a struggle with alcohol. he isn't that mediocre. it is a personal gripe with people he cared deeply for who have disappointed him with time while they were the ones that turned the cold shoulder to him, interprated just as he states it. the alcohol is a passing comment he makes because sometimes it does seem that drinking will resolve the pain, but it doesn't as he is aware of. but if it helps you with your drinking problem (or whatever) then let it mean that to you music is supposed to help heal whatever ails you as long as it seems to work.
What I got from this song | Reviewer: Keven | 2/6/08
I don't think this song is more about his strugle with alcahol as more as it is comming back home and seeing how everything's changed and how everyone's turned out differently.. and being home makes you sad and being under the influence is a way of blocking that out
"'Cos I'd have to be high to track the sunset down
And paint this paling town"
I dunno that's what I got from it
What I think this song is about | Reviewer: anonymous | 4/8/07
i think this song ( Bled White) is about his struggle with alcoholism and how it makes him feel worse but he can't help himself anymore,
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